How iCheckWebsite helps me in testing websites?

Testing most of the websites these days is pretty daunting task. Usually testing website means many things such as testing backend, testing databases, functional testing, performance testing, security testing, cross browser testing and so on.

In all the forms of testing, there are many things which are more suitable for checking, i.e. which does not need a tester and are prime candidate for test automation.

In many organisations, these checks are either automated again and again for every website or in the lack of automation someone need to to check them manually, which invariably becomes costly and prone to error.

iCheckWebsite provides an easy way to run these common automated tests on your website, automatically so that you or your testing teams can focus on the more meaty tests, where chances of uncovering critical defects is more. Moreover since these common tests are pre-configured, you can start testing them in less than a minute.

iCheckWebsite also makes it possible to increase test coverage by multifold - without consuming any significant resource. It is extremely easy to test couple of pages or couple of thousand pages with iCheckWebsite - pretty quickly. It's in-built schedular is also very handy in setting up periodic execution against live, or pre-prod environments.

So essentially iCheckWebsite makes it extremely easy to check basic standard tests on all the pages and so can ensure sanity of the websites pretty easily. This allows testers to focus on other important activities.

Why it is important to test websites using iCheckWebsites?

There are many reasons for using iCheckWebsite for testing websites. Some of the important reasons for testing websites with iCheckWebsite are :-

• Increased Coverage - iCheckWebsite makes it easy to test couple of pages to couple of thousand pages.
• Test Coverage - It not only gives the capacity, but also makes it possible to test more checks.
• Schedular - You do not need to worry about scheduled execution, it's extremely easy to define daily, weekly or monthly schedule.
• Don't miss - Since all the tests are automated and you have to define it only once (You can change it any time though) - chances of missing important tests is extremely low.
• New tests added automatically - We are continuously adding more and more tests in the systems and all the tests are available to all the users automatically. If you want to include a new test, just add it by selecting the checkbox.
• No Technical knowledge required - iCheckWebsite does not require or assume any technical knowledge on the part of its users. If you can browse internet, you can use iCheckWebsite without understanding standards, SEO goodness or accessibility.

How do I get started with testing websites using iCheckWebsite?

It is extremely easy to start testing websites using iCheckWebsite. After logging in to iCheckWebsite using your username and password, you need to follow just three steps.

1. Add Sites - You can add a single website or build a portfolio of sites according to your needs. Not only that, if needed you can specify URL patterns to test, specific URLs to test or number or URLs to test depending on your unique needs.

2. Define Tests - After adding sites you need to test, you can specify what you need to check. Every website in your portfolio can have different checks associated with it. These checks are essentially items you want to test. You do not need any technical knowledge to define these checks - for standard checks you just need to select appropriate select box and for custom checks you need to enter values in a text box. iCheckWebsite is built to be used by non-technical as well as technical users.

3. Set Schedule - After adding website and defining checks, it is time to specify frequency for your monitoring. Depending on the needs, you can specify whether you want to monitor content of your website on a daily, weekly or monthly basis.

After you have saved this schedule, iCheckWebsite will automatically execute all the checks checks you defined for your website at the time (And day / date for weekly and monthly schedule) given by you.

After test execution is over, you will get an email with the notification or results. You will get results for every page of your website or set of URLs depending on your options.

So after finishing this one time activity of adding your website, defining checks and setting up schedule, you can relax and focus on fixing issues reported by iCheckWebsite and let iCheckWebsite monitor content of your website in an easy and affordable way.